News Archives for December, 2009
31 December, 2009
In her New Year Message Sinn Féin Foyle MLA Martina Anderson has said that 2010 will begin a decade of change for Derry. Read full article
31 December, 2009
The New Year brings with it a particularly challenging time for Derry City Council and, indeed, for political institutions right across the island. The economic realities in particular which face us are immediate and significant but we should also approach the next twelve months with a degree of optimism and confidence. Read full article
31 December, 2009
Sinn Féin Councillor Patricia Logue has welcomed the news from the Housing Executive that a home improvement scheme will take place in the Brandywell area in the New Year during which new kitchens will be installed in a number for homes. Read full article
31 December, 2009
Sinn Féin Foyle MLA Martina Anderson has called upon people in Derry to ensure that they don't miss out on the Winter Fuel Allowance (WFA). People over the age of 60 are entitled to the benefit, which helps alleviate the financial strain on order citizens during the winter period. Read full article
30 December, 2009
Sinn Féin Northlands Councillor and DPP member Maeve McLaughlin commenting on last nights shooting of man in the leg, in the Glen Vista Road area of the Glen Estate Derry Read full article
30 December, 2009
Sinn Féin Equality and Human Rights spokesperson Foyle MLA Martina Anderson commenting following the launch of the 'Children with Disabilities Strategic Alliance', manifesto at Parliament Buildings said: Read full article
29 December, 2009
Sinn Féin Councillor Kevin Campbell has urged people walking at night to ensure that they are visible to motorists. Read full article
29 December, 2009
Efforts of local chemist recognised Read full article
29 December, 2009
Sinn Féin Councillor Patricia Logue has met with representatives from NIE Energy to discuss help available for NIE Energy customers in the local area. Read full article
29 December, 2009
Sinn Féin MLA for Foyle Raymond McCartney has said that the Egyptian Government must allow the international aid convoy, "Viva Palestina Convoy", to bring humanitarian aid across the border and into Gaza. Read full article
28 December, 2009
Sinn Féin Councillor for the Greater Shantallow area, Tony Hassan, has welcomed news from the Housing Executive that homes in Moyola Drive, Moyola Walk and Fern Park areas of Shantallow are getting new window replacements early in the new year due to slippage of DSD money that needs to be spent before the end of March 2010 Read full article
27 December, 2009
TWENTY years ago, the late Oliver Kearney who was the secretary of the Fair Employment Trust, wrote a letter to Sean Farren, the then SDLP spokesperson on Employment who was about to embark to the United States, to lobby against the MacBride Principles, pointing out that if this was the case it was a disturbing development for a party claiming to represent the Northern nationalist community Read full article
26 December, 2009
ONE year after the Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip, which killed more than 1,400 Palestinians, Sinn Féin has added its voice to calls for Israel to be held to account for war crimes and for an immediate end to the devastating economic siege of the territory, home to 1.5 million people. Read full article
26 December, 2009
Limited number 2010 Calendar is now on sale throughout the city priced £5.00-Check outlets Read full article
25 December, 2009
Nollaig Shona Daoibh. Read full article
25 December, 2009
Checking his list, and checking it twice, gonna find out who's naughty and nice...
Julia Carney's festive fun with Santa Read full article
25 December, 2009
WHETHER you are a Grinch, a closet Christmas lover or someone who gives it the full tinsel effect Read full article
24 December, 2009
Sinn Féin Northlands Councillor Maeve McLaughlin has called for people in Derry to heed the Fire & Rescue Service (NIFRS) Christmas Fire Safety Appeal which calls for people to be 'fire aware during the Christmas period'. Read full article
23 December, 2009
Sinn Féin Foyle MLA Raymond McCartney has raised concerns over eligibility problems around access to benefits that are being encountered by people who are originally from Derry but who now live in Donegal. Read full article
23 December, 2009
Sinn Féin Equality and Human rights spokesperson and Foyle MLA Martina Anderson has welcomed the NICEM report which recommends the setting up of an emergency fund for unemployed Polish Worker's she said; Read full article
23 December, 2009
Speaking from the Copenhagen climate talks after world leaders failed to produce an agreement that would effectively tackle climate change, Irish GUE/NGL MEP Bairbre de Brun criticised the myopia of the COP-15 outcome and called for reinforced determination from climate justice campaigners. Read full article
22 December, 2009
Sinn Féin Foyle MLA Martina Anderson has said that, as the cold snap continues this week, people in Derry should consider calling to their elderly neighbours and relatives. Read full article
22 December, 2009
Sinn Féin Equality and Human Rights spokesperson Foyle MLA Martina Anderson has encouraged conflict victims and victim's relatives in Derry who may be eligible for financial assistance from the Northern Ireland Memorial Fund to ensure they apply. Read full article
22 December, 2009
Sinn Féin Councillor for the greater Shantallow area Tony Hassan has condemned those involved in a snowball attack on a taxi in the Madams Bank Road area late on Saturday night dropping off a passenger with Cerebral palsy Read full article
22 December, 2009
Sinn Féin MLA for Foyle and member of the Policing Board's Human Rights Committee Martina Anderson has questioned the public confidence of the PSNI in investigating themselves. Read full article
21 December, 2009
Sinn Féin Foyle MLA Martina Anderson has urged people in Derry and Donegal to support the Trócaire Global Gifts initiative this Christmas. Read full article
21 December, 2009
Sinn Féin Councillor for the greater Shantallow area Tony Hassan has appealed to parents to stop their children getting caught up in stone throwing and muck bombing incidents which he fears could lead to a serious accident on the Madams Bank Road Read full article
21 December, 2009
Foyle Sinn Féin MLA Martina Anderson has strongly criticised the Social Development Minister Margaret Ritchie for her "defence of a benefits system which blatantly discriminates against young people". Read full article
20 December, 2009
The 2010 Calendar is now on sale throughout the city priced £5.00 Read full article
20 December, 2009
FINDING a present that is different, has some sort of meaning and is actually wanted can be a struggle for even the most intrepid republican activist amidst all the tinsel and tat in High Street stores but there's a treasure trove of novel gifts in the Sinn Féin Bookshop in Dublin. Read full article
20 December, 2009
THE final re-sentencing process for the Miami Five took place on Tuesday last in the same Miami Courthouse and before the same judge that ordered their initial incarceration. The resentencing did not produce any more justice than their 11 preceding years inside the US justice system. Read full article
19 December, 2009
Speaking during a UTV Insight programme Gerry Adams made a direct appeal to his brother to hand himself in to the PSNI and do the right thing by his daughter Áine Tyrell. Read full article
19 December, 2009
Sinn Féin Vice President Mary Lou McDonald speaking following a UTV Insight programme concerning the sexual abuse of Gerry Adams niece Áine Tyrell said: Read full article
18 December, 2009
Sinn Féin Foyle MLA Martina Anderson has said she is concerned at figures contained in The Institute of Public Health in Ireland (IPH) Annual Update on Fuel Poverty and Health 2009 Read full article
18 December, 2009
After several months of highly publicised discussions between political parties no firm proposals have been offered by those involved. They entered these discussions on the promise that they would sort out selection, however all they have managed to offer the public is a list of maybes and what if's. Read full article
18 December, 2009
Sinn Féin Policing Board Member, Martina Anderson MLA (Foyle) has renewed her call for the regulation of 'Cash for Gold Shops' Read full article
17 December, 2009
"The myth that all ability schools will undermine academic education has once again been proven wrong by the very schools which insist on the sanctity of testing 10 and 11 year old children on the basis that they must preserve the system, grammar schools themselves no longer adhere to. Read full article
17 December, 2009
Sinn Féin Northlands Councillor Maeve McLaughlin has appealed to the public at large to pay special attention to elderly neighbours and the vulnerable at Christmas time. Read full article
16 December, 2009
Sinn Féin Human Rights spokesperson and Foyle MLA Martina Anderson has slammed the findings of yet another report highlighting delays in the implementation of numerous recommendations within Maghaberry Prison since the death of prisoner Colin Bell. Read full article
16 December, 2009
Sinn Féin Foyle MLA Martina Anderson has warned local University students and parents of students studying outside the city about the threat of burglaries over the Christmas and New Year period Read full article
16 December, 2009
Sinn Féin Foyle MLA Raymond McCartney has expressed concerns that a study by the Transport Research Laboratory has found that more drivers are using hand-held mobile phones than before tougher penalties were introduced two years ago. Read full article
16 December, 2009
Mayor of Derry Hosts reception for "10,001 Santa's" Guinness World Record Breakers Read full article
16 December, 2009
Approaching the start of the high level segment of the Copenhagen climate talks, Irish GUE/NGL MEP for the Six Counties Bairbre de Brún has stressed the importance of getting ambitious and clear figures both on emissions reductions and financing. Read full article
15 December, 2009
A ministerial decision to support the expansion of Magee University by raising the cap on student numbers is expected early in the New Year, Foyle Sinn Féin MLA Martina Anderson has said. Read full article
15 December, 2009
Foyle Sinn Féin MLA Martina Anderson has called on Roads Service to provide bus bays on the Ringfort Road in Hazelbank in order to reduce the potential for a serious accident. Read full article
15 December, 2009
Sinn Féin Foyle MLA Raymond McCartney has called on the Minister of Environment, Edwin Poots in light of the ongoing carnage on our roads to review licensing requirements in an attempt to reduce road deaths. Read full article
14 December, 2009
Foyle Sinn Féin MLA has welcomed the new park and ride services which have been established to ease traffic congestion in Derry in the run up to Christmas. Read full article
14 December, 2009
Sinn Féin councillor for the Greater Shantallow Area, Tony Hassan, has called on the DRD Road Service to urgently review the current parking arrangements adjacent to a shops complex on the Racecourse Road Read full article
14 December, 2009
Sinn Féin MLA Raymond McCartney has said that the ten thousand signatures collected over a two week period were an indication that the vast majority of parents wanted an end to academic selection. Read full article
14 December, 2009
Foyle Sinn Féin MLA Martina Anderson has welcomed the announcement that the
University of Ulster has signed an option agreement with Foyle and Londonderry College to secure 30 acres of land for the expansion of Magee Read full article
14 December, 2009
Sinn Féin Housing spokesperson Councillor Cllr Tony Hassan, has called on the Housing Executive to tell their tenants in Shantallow area when the External Cyclical Maintenance schemes (ECM) that were due to start over the last few years, are going to happen. Read full article
12 December, 2009
NUACHT AN TIONÓIL Read full article
12 December, 2009
A SERIES of events commemorating four IRA Volunteers whose 25th anniversaries fell last week were held in Derry City last Sunday , 6 December. Read full article
12 December, 2009
Dancing to the Revolution: Sheena Campbell - A Lost Leader Read full article
12 December, 2009
IRA VOLUNTEER Antoine Mac Giolla Bhrighde was killed on active service by the SAS in the early hours of 2 December 1984.
On Sunday, Sinn Féin National Chairperson Declan Kearney delivered the 25th anniversary memorial address in honour of this brave IRA Volunteer. Read full article
12 December, 2009
Sinn Féin MEP for the Foyle ,Bairbre de Brún will be part of a European Parliament delegation to the United Nations conference on climate change at Copenhagen. Ms de Brún will participate in the event between Monday 14th and Saturday the 19th December. Read full article
11 December, 2009
Sinn Féin Foyle MLA Martina Anderson has backed a new campaign by the Carers Northern Ireland for carers here to check they get all the financial help and practical support on offer. Read full article
11 December, 2009
Saturday 12th December will see Fermanagh Ógra Shinn Féin host a day of events including a republican tour of Fermanagh, an exhibition, and culminating in a mural unveiling for the 100th anniversary of Na Fianna Éireann. Read full article
11 December, 2009
I would like to thank everyone for travelling to the 2009 Ógra Shinn Féin National Congress here in the heartland of republican West Belfast, second only to the number one heartland West Tyrone, young republicans from as far away as Cork and the Shortstrand, and I would like to extend the warmest welcome to our International Comrades from the Basque Country. Read full article
11 December, 2009
Sinn Féin Councillor Patricia Logue has warned householders across the city to be on their guard against home heating oil thieves. Read full article
11 December, 2009
Sinn Féin MLA Raymond McCartney has said that the ten thousand signatures collected over a two week period were an indication that the vast majority of parents wanted an end to academic selection. Read full article
11 December, 2009
Sinn Féin Housing spokesperson Councillor Cllr Tony Hassan, has called on the Housing Executive to tell their tenants in Shantallow area when the External Cyclical Maintenance schemes (ECM) that were due to start over the last few years, are going to happen. Read full article
11 December, 2009
Sinn Féin Foyle MLA Raymond McCartney has raised concerns about the timeframe and the number of actual social houses being built in Derry City following a number of recent announcements by the DSD Minister Margaret Ritchie. Read full article
10 December, 2009
Foyle Sinn Féin MLA Martina Anderson has welcomed today's announcement that the
University of Ulster has signed an option agreement with Foyle and Londonderry College to secure 30 acres of land for the expansion of Magee Read full article
10 December, 2009
Speaking at the Launch of the Derry Republican Graves Association Calendar 2010 Creggan Councillor Kevin Campbell encouraged republicans to support the important work of the Graves Association ,said Read full article
10 December, 2009
Action is needed to ease the suffering of migrant worker communities who have borne the brunt of the economic recession, Foyle Sinn Féin MLA Martina Anderson said last night. Read full article
10 December, 2009
Irish Language Groups must be consulted on review Read full article
9 December, 2009
Sinn Féin Group Leader on the Derry City Council Maeve McLaughlin has said that a meeting will take place in Derry this Thursday (10th Dec) to discuss efforts to introduce additional car parking space in the city centre. Read full article
9 December, 2009
Sinn Fein West Tyrone MP MLA Pat Doherty has called for a full Public Inquiry into the failure of statutory agencies to recognise the danger signs that should have been apparent prior to the Omagh Fire tragedy. Read full article
9 December, 2009
Sinn Féin Foyle MLA Raymond McCartney has welcomed the passing of the motion seeking to highlight the need to address the problem of young people who are 'Not In Education, Employment or Training' (NEET) and has urged the Executive to develop a strategy to meet this challenge head on. Read full article
9 December, 2009
Derry Sinn Féin Environmental Spokesperson Councillor Gerry MacLochlainn has called on the Environment Minister and the Executive to make Climate Change a priority by setting legally binding targets to reduce CO2 emissions by 80% on 1990 levels by 2050. Read full article
8 December, 2009
The A5 and A6 dual carriageways projects are moving ahead at pace following today's appointment of contractors, Foyle Sinn Féin MLA Raymond McCartney said. Read full article
7 December, 2009
Sinn Féin Foyle MLA Martina Anderson has congratulated all those involved in breaking a new Guinness World Record for the largest number of trees planted in one hour. Read full article
7 December, 2009
Francie joins other MLA's and party support staff with his presentation Read full article
7 December, 2009
Speaking to about two hundred republican activists in Derry's Culturlann tonight Deputy First Minister, Martin McGuinness called on Peter Robinson to publish the eight page letter which he forwarded to British Prime Minister, Gordon Browne. Read full article
7 December, 2009
Sinn Féin Councillor Kevin Campbell commenting following the news that two devices were thrown into cars in the Creggan area on Sunday night said Read full article
7 December, 2009
Speaking today Sinn Féin Cllr MacLochlainn, who led a European medical aid convoy to Gaza last May, welcomed this important initiative by Derry people to help break the Israeli imposed siege on Gaza. Read full article
7 December, 2009
Sinn Féin Councillor Kevin Campbell has said it was only sheer luck that prevented someone getting injured or a serious road accident being caused in the Bligh's Lane -Lone Moor Road area on Saturday night. Read full article
7 December, 2009
Sinn Féin Councillor Maeve McLaughlin has condemned vandals who set fire to a van close to the steps at Fahan Street on Saturday night Read full article
7 December, 2009
Sinn Feín elected representatives from Derry and supporters held a protest at Free Derry Wall at the weekend over the arrest of 36 members of Segi in the Basque country. Members of Segi youth section are regular visitors to Derry . Read full article
7 December, 2009
Sinn Féin Policing Board Member, Martina Anderson MLA (Foyle) has called for the regulation of 'Cash for Gold Shops'. Read full article
6 December, 2009
Sinn Féin MLA and member of the education committee in the assembly, John O'Dowd, attended the handing over of the Belfast Telegraphs petition at the Assembly on Saturday Read full article
5 December, 2009
The annual Bloody Sunday weekend will be held in Derry from the 29th to the 31st of January, and is being organised by the Derry Na Fianna Martyrs cumann. Read full article
5 December, 2009
Families of some of the 11 civilians murdered by the British Army in Ballymurphy between 9 - 11 August 1971 are set to speak in Omagh. Read full article
4 December, 2009
Councillor for the Rural Ward Paul Fleming has given his support to a campaign by residents in the Ardmore area objecting to proposals to demolish the bridge at Bleach Green. Read full article
4 December, 2009
The mounting pressure in favour of expanding Magee University may be beginning to reap rewards, local Sinn Féin MLA Martina Anderson said today . Read full article
4 December, 2009
Mayor's Charity Coffee Morning Friday 11th Dec Read full article
4 December, 2009
Sinn Féin DCAL Member, Raymond McCartney MLA (Foyle),has accused, the DUP Culture, Arts and Leisure Minister, Nelson McCausland of actively in breach of the St Andrews agreement with his go-slow, obstructionist approach towards delivery of an Irish language strategy . Read full article
4 December, 2009
Sinn Féin councillor for the Greater Shantallow Area and Housing spokesperson on Derry City Council, Tony Hassan, has called on the DSD Housing minister Margaret Ritchie to come to Derry City before Christmas and tell elected representatives and the hundreds of homeless families how many social homes she is going to deliver on in the city in 2010 . Read full article
4 December, 2009
The Mayor of Derry, Councillor Paul Fleming, has this year chosen two worthy charities as part of his Mayoral year appeal. Read full article
3 December, 2009
Sinn Féin Foyle MLA Raymond McCartney said: Read full article
3 December, 2009
Sinn Féin Consumer and Welfare Rights spokesperson Councillor Peter Anderson has backed the Consumer Council's 2009 Christmas campaign 'Protect your pound - think before you pay' Read full article
3 December, 2009
Sinn Féin Equality and Human rights spokesperson Martina Anderson is encouraging people to attend a major conference on disability which she is hosting in the city on Friday. Read full article
2 December, 2009
The Northland Cumann have organised a back to back night in Rafters on Sunday 13th December to show appreciation to Billy Page who is off due to illness. Read full article
2 December, 2009
In December 2004 the then Mayor of Derry, Gearoid O'hEara, unveiled a plaque on the City Walls in Guildhall Square marking a day of reflection and allowing the citizens of the city and district the opportunity to remember all those from the area who have lost their lives as a result of conflict. Read full article
2 December, 2009
Sinn Féin housing spokesperson on Derry City Council, Cllr, Tony Hassan has said that the failure of housing Minister Margaret Ritchie to provide homes for the high numbers of homeless people in the city is disgraceful with some family's now spending their second Christmas in temporary accommodation Read full article
2 December, 2009
Derry Ógra Shinn Féin International spokesperson Adrian Óg Kelly has slammed the Spanish Government for scuppering the chance for the establishment of a democratic process in the Basque country: Read full article
2 December, 2009
Sinn Féin Foyle MLA Martina Anderson has welcomed the news of the £100million expansion plans at the Foyleside Shopping Centre Derry. Read full article
2 December, 2009
Sinn Féin Councillor Peter Anderson has advised people to be aware of a scam notifying people of windfall winnings in the 'El Gordo Spanish Lottery'. Read full article
1 December, 2009
Sinn Féin MLA and Policing Board Member Martina Anderson is to visit the controversial Dungavel Holding Centre in Scotland tomorrow (Wednesday), in order to view the conditions in which asylum seekers are held there. Read full article
1 December, 2009
Work is expected to begin on a new cancer care centre at Altnagelvin by 2012, Foyle Sinn Féin MLA Martina Anderson has revealed. Read full article
1 December, 2009
The annual Sinn Féin Christmas Post was launched in the city on Monday Read full article
1 December, 2009
Any new Bill of Rights for the six counties must contain economic and social rights protections, Sinn Féin's Equality and Human rights spokesperson Martin Anderson MLA has declared. Read full article
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